William John Maximos Doidge jailed after pleading guilty to multiple car thefts across Toowoomba region

Following a spate of luxury car thefts across the Toowoomba region, a 19-year-old has been jailed for a raft of offences.

A teenager involved in a crime spree of luxury cars across the Toowoomba region has been jailed.

William John Maximos Doidge appeared in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Friday where he pleaded guilty to a raft of offences including five counts of unlawful use of a vehicle, enter premises with intent and stealing.

Police prosecutor Rohan Brewster-Webb told the court the 19-year-old was involved in the theft of multiple vehicles, including a Range Rover and Volkswagen Amarok, with the keys to the vehicles obtained during break and enters.

William John Maximos Doidge was jailed on June 3, 2022 for 12 months after committing multiple car thefts across the Toowoomba region.

The court was told that between February 12 and 13 two Suzukis were reported stolen from a Grenier Street address, the same location where a Range Rover had been stolen about a month prior.

Following reports of the Range Rover driving dangerously, including doing burnouts near Toowoomba police station, the court was told police attended a Toowoomba address where the stolen vehicles were found, as well as Doidge.

After his arrest the court was told Doidge told police “I don’t give a f---, charge me”.

Despite being released on bail, the court was told Doidge was once again involved in the theft of cars just over a week later.

Mr Brewster-Webb said a Volkswagen Amarok was taken from a Newtown address on the evening of February 21.

In the early hours of the following day, the same vehicle was abandoned at a Weedons Road address in Kingsthorpe, where a Toyota Landcruiser was stolen.

Car thief William John Maximos Doidge will be released on parole on June 29 after the 19-year-old was jailed for multiple property offences.

Once again Doidge was released on bail but the court was told he failed to comply with his conditions and he was arrested on March 30 where he was found in possession of 0.2g of methylamphetamine and 37g of cannabis.

Doidge’s solicitor Ryan McCullough told the court his client struggled with an addiction to methylamphetamine at the time of the offences.

Mr McCullough said his client had “engaged with a negative peer group” that saw him expelled from high school, but the 65 days he had spent in pre-sentence custody was an “eye opener” to him that there were serious consequences to his actions.

Acting magistrate Roger Stark said the community was sick of people stealing cars and breaking into homes to steal keys.

Doidge was jailed for 12 months, with a parole release date set at June 29.